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Retro Raises More Than $21 Million for Private Photo Sharing
An SEC filing shows the funding for Lone Palm Labs, the company behind a social product designed around friends rather than mass reach.
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DOJ Reportedly Probes Andreessen Horowitz Over Databricks, Fivetran Board Seats
The reported investigation tests whether a common venture-capital practice has become an illegal board interlock as Databricks and Fivetran move into overlapping data markets.
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X Opens Its ‘For You’ Algorithm and Adds Ranking Disclosures
The disclosure offers creators and researchers a larger view of X’s recommendation system, though an important Grok-based rule-violation predictor remains closed.
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Microsoft Consolidates Copilot and Retires Several AI Features
The updated Microsoft 365 Copilot app will support personal and work accounts while keeping organizational data boundaries separate.
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OpenAI CRO Denise Dresser to Leave; Dali Rajic Named Successor
Denise Dresser will leave OpenAI after a transition period, and former Wiz president and COO Dali Rajic will take over the company’s global revenue organization.
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Global Citizen Festival Pairs Star Power With Public Action
The Central Park event uses a major concert lineup to mobilize audiences around anti-poverty and policy commitments.
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Politico Is Expanding Energy Coverage With Five Newsletter Products
Politico is packaging the growing energy-policy beat into five newsletters, with four reserved for its premium Pro subscription service.
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Australia Reopens the Fight Over How Big Tech Pays for News
A revised Australian proposal would tie payments from large digital platforms to local advertising revenue, reopening a fight over who funds journalism online.
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NSW Moves to Rethink Take-Home Assessments as AI Use Spreads
New South Wales officials are asking whether unsupervised take-home work can still reliably measure student learning in the age of generative AI.
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Network 10 Launches a One-Hour-Delayed Channel in the Streaming Era
Australia’s Network 10 is betting that a simple one-hour delay still has value, even as audiences grow accustomed to on-demand viewing.